31:9 The Israelites took the women of Midian captives along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder. 31:10 They burned 1 all their towns 2 where they lived and all their encampments. 31:11 They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals. 31:12 They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the plains 3 of Moab, along the Jordan River 4 across from Jericho. 5
1 tn Heb “burned with fire.”
2 tn The ban applied to the encampments and forts of this group of Midianite tribes living in the region of Moab.
3 tn Or “steppes.”
4 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Again this expression, “the Jordan of Jericho,” is used. It describes the intended location along the Jordan River, the Jordan next to or across from Jericho.